Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-13


| school.
Members of Order Eastern Star have gone
to Meriden to-day to attend the Grand chap
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Thorpe Mr. and Mrs.
McCabe and son Howard took their farewell
dinner with Miss Louise futile yesterday
afternoon and left on the $40 train for their
future home in the West.
| Mrs. Ezra Stiles has returned from a
pleasant visit to her son Arthur at Boston
Apples are plenty this season and thieves
seem to be about equally so. Mr.. Kennedy is
| reported to have lost nearly twenty bushels
of Baldwins from tree near his house one
night recently.
Southington.
soUTH1NGToN, Oct. 12.-The Peck. Stow
& Wilcox company directors, at quarterly
meeting held on Tuesday, declared a divi-
dend of one per cent. payable November 1st.
| Mr.. William G. Maggie and Miss Mary Quin-
Ian were married at St. Thomas R. G. church
by Rev. M. A. Hunt Wednesday morning.
| The Rev. F. L. Stevens and wife held a
reception Wednesday evening to the mem
bers of the Congregational church and other
| friends.
General State News.
| JoTTINGS.
The steam dredge is improving the chan
mel at Hartford bar near Colts. This is the
third time it has been necessary to do the
work this season.
| NEXT TUESDAY.
The blessing of the bell at St. Mary's
Catholic church. South Coventry, will take
place Sunday afternoon. The ceremony will
be performed by Bishop Mcmahon.
Captain Perry P Wilson, formerly post
master of Putnam, has been added to the
clerical force at the adjutsnt-general's Office,
engaged in work on the new record of Con
| necticut volunteers.
Dr. Conklin, of Ansonis, will probably
bring suit for damages against the borough
for the breaking of his team. It was caused by
falling into a sewer excavation Monday
night. DIR. Conklin says the place was not
properly guarded.
| THE SAME JOE HAwLEY.
General Hawley is reported to have said
| ticut, "senator" in Washington, general"
by military men and "Joe" by the soldiers
who served under him during the war.
YOUNG BUT EXPERT.
| Morris Fox, of Danbury, is doubtless the
| youngest telegraph operator in the service.
He is twelve years old and began work when
only nine. He is an expert and will soon
take position in the main Office at New
| York city.
Mr.. William southworth, jr., whose studio
| is in the Goodwin building on Asylum
| street, Hartford, has just completed a crayon
| portrait of the Rev. Joseph q. Twitchell that
| is pronounced by his friends an excellent
| likeness. It is on exhibition at Eckhardt's.
A YARN.
Of course there isn't a word of truth in
the ridiculous story SO widely published that
Senator Hill, Warden Gregory and Mayor
Hubbell chased Governor Lounsbury into
| the Adirondack woods to urge him to call an
extra session of the legislature. -Norwalk
Gazette.
BURIED IN SIMsBURY.
The remains of the Rev. Oliver S. Taylor,
who was pastor of the Congregational church
in Simsbury from 1859 to 1866, and who
was pastor of the Episcopal church in Kittan-
ing. Pa, at the time of his death, April 5th,
1874, were removed from that place to the
cemetery here last week
THE A. E. C. f. NJ.
DIR. John E. Todd has written a letter to
the New Haven Palladium to say that the
now famous caucus at Springfield was not
really caucus at all but merely a "confer-
ence." Apropos, the Springfield Republican
relates that one of the conservative gentle
men who were there told DR.. Parker, of this
city, that it was caucus, and 'fTammany"
caucus at that.-Hartford Courant.
BURGLARS AT FAIRFIELD.
During the past year there have been
many burglaries at Fairfield. On Monday
night they stole horse from the barn of |
Mr.. Morehouse, and the same night entered |
the house of Mr.. Archibald Mcneil, broke
open the safe and carried off everything vail !
liable in it. The same house was entered a |
few weeks ago. The work is said to be that |
of expert professional thieves.
IN B1RMINaHAM
BIRMINGHAM, Oct 12.-There is to be a
special borough meeting on Tuesday after |
noon, October 10, at 2 p. M, to decide |
whether the borough will grant an extra ap- |
preparation of s., 600 asked for by the build /
ing committee. The borough warden has /
been instructed to ask the railroad commits |
sioners to order gates at the Main street |
crossings of the Derby road.
IN wALLINGEoRD.
A social entertainment was given in the |
parlors of Wallace Hose company, Walling-
ford, on Tuesday evening: Professor W.
81. Taylor gave several musical selections and |
Stiles L. Hall, the retiring secretary, was
presented with an elegant gold headed cane.
The presentation speech was made by |
Charles Toothe, and Mr.. Hall responded in a |
neat manner and then called on J. Morse for |
a speech. During the evening Mr.. Morse |
presented the company with framed photo
graph of o. B. Lane, former member of
the company. Refreshments followed.
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
The Connecticut Sunday School associa-
ton are making plans for an important con-
yention to be held at Thompsonville on No
vember IS and 16. There will be interest
ing discussions on temperance work in the
Sunday school, the promotion of Bible
study, etc. Miss Clara E. Keller of Bridge
port, State secretary of the National Prima-
~ Teachers union, will speak on primary
work and William Reynolds of Illinois,
an eminent and enthusiastic worker, the
president of the last International conven-
ton, will give addresses. It is hoped that
the attendance from towns in the vicinity |
will be large. Rev. E. P. Armstrong and |
Rev. g. 81. Griffin, of Springfield, will have
part in the exercises.
OBITUARY NOTES.
Mr.. Frank Gregory, aged about forty-one
and son of Burrel Gregory, died Monday
night at about II O'Clock at his home in
Chestnut Hill district, Wilton, of typhoid
He was a thoroughly upright man
and well and favorably known about Nor
walk. He was also a man of magnificent
physique, and it is marvel to all who knew
him that SO large and powerfully built man
should have SO suddenly suceumbed to the
fatal disease.
Mrs Ellen Coley. an estimable lady, wife
Of Ebenezer Co1ey, also of Chestnut Hill
and a neighbor of the above deceased Mr..
Gregory, by singular coincidence died at |
her home within fifteen minutes of the